At the Sanford Surgical Weight Loss Program, you can feel confident that a knowledgeable nurse will be there before surgery, during your hospital stay and beyond. They will help answer medical questions and offer consistent, personalized care. Nurses will provide ongoing education at each visit and provide the most up-to-date information and resources to help maintain weight loss success.

Our Support Specialists are there to guide and assist throughout the entire pre-surgery process as well as help coordinate appointments. Their extensive knowledge about the various insurance requirements and program structure will assist in making the process go as smoothly as possible. They are always just a phone call away to help answer questions!

We take pride in our program and are continually working to ensure quality. The program coordinator works to ensure we exceed the expectations of our customers as well as maintain our Bariatric Center of Excellence® certification. The patient's best interest is in mind when coordinating furniture or equipment needs, patient and staff education, or striving to improve workflow.

Nutrition Counselors/Dietitians

Exercise Physiologists

Psychologists

Tobacco Cessation Counselors

Social Workers

Spiritual Care

Support Groups

Know, too, that Sanford's Weight-Loss Surgery Program is part of Sanford Health – the region's premier health system with more than 400 doctors
practicing in more than 73 specialties. Whatever health need might arise in your
particular situation, we can help.

Using the latest knowledge

In addition to surgical expertise and a team approach, Sanford's Weight Loss Surgery
Program emphasizes clinical research. Through Sanford's relationship with the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, our program
is one of only six clinical centers in the United States selected by the National
Institutes of Health to participate in a bariatric research study known as LABS
– short for Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery.

This study brings together experts in weight-loss surgery, obesity research, internal
medicine and other related fields to analyze the risks and benefits of weight-loss
surgery and its impact on patients' health and quality of life and to identify which
patients would most likely benefit from weight-loss surgery.

If you are interested in participating in this study, please let us know by calling
(701) 365-4945.